Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Time management is a skill that any & every serious-minded person must have. Time, once lost, can never be recovered. Jesus knew and taught the importance of right timing. In John 7:6 & 8b, Jesus said: "This isn’t my time. It’s your time—it’s always your time; you have nothing to lose... It’s not the right time for me.”*

If you do things before your time, you'll very likely lose something. King Saul lost the kingdom because he went ahead of time to sacrifice rather than wait for Prophet Samuel as he was instructed to.**

On the flip side, if you do things after your set time, you'll have already lost - except God in His mercy restores what was lost in that time.***

I'm sure you've heard the saying that:

"Today is a gift - that's why it is called 'The Present.'"

Time is also a gift - that can be invested, spent, wasted or lost outright.

Time will always tell what you did with your time (pun intended). Put differently, "Today is the tomorrow, we talked about yesterday." (Anon)

There at least 2 things we need to know and note about time:

Everyone's time is different. Just as you cannot live by another city or country's time except you need to align your work to that time zone, likewise, you cannot use another person "timing" in life to determine or do what you need to do.

You cannot create time, you can only manage it & put it to good use. Any time not put to good use is lost forever.

To make the best use of your time, you have to know what your priorities are, plan your work and work your plan. With 90 days (Q1) gone forever, What are your goals? What are your priorities? What are your plans?"What time is it?" It is time to create your future...your future begins today..

References:

* MSG ** 1 Sam 13: 8-12*** Joel 2:25-26 - I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed. (WEB)